Sam Emadi
Sam Emadi (PhD, SBTS) is senior pastor at Hunsinger Lane Baptist Church in Louisville, KY and senior editor at 9Marks.
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“Weird Stuff” Might Be Good Stuff in the Local Church
Embracing the ordinary means of grace as a sufficient and comprehensive approach to ministry isn’t merely about coming to the right theological conclusions, it’s a matter of the heart.
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What must an elder be if he is “apt to teach”?
If we’re honest, every Christian would rather have a faithful preacher who occasionally mumbles words and gets lost in his notes than a shallow, captivating one.
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3 ways misguided biblical theology leads to misguided sermons
Faithful sermons exposit the text, and faithful exposition takes into account the text’s literary, historical, covenantal, and ultimately canonical context.
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7 reasons to avoid church discipline (and why they’re all wrong)
Many Christians have opposed church discipline for understandable, albeit uninformed, unbiblical, and misguided reasons.
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So, you joined the wrong church
The more we hold ourselves to our covenant promises, the more our relationships grow.